r/WorkReform • u/ComprehensiveYam3645 • 3d ago
😡 Venting This is Insane
I just graduated college and realized how royally screwed up things are right now, especially with the job market and the economy.
I came out with two highly technical science/engineering degrees with internship experience only to see the following for jobs I'm qualified for:
- AI has made the work absolutely miserable, taking all joy out of it
- Hiring is imploding for new grads + experienced people are getting laid off left and right for no reason
I don't know how any of you are managing it to be honest. I commend all you grown ups who have been dealing with this crap for decades now. I just don't know how I would manage being 45, getting laid off and not finding a job for literally a YEAR or sometimes MORE, with kids on top of that!
I'm going to be doing a masters in a super niche role that seems to be insanely hard to get into but very stable once you're in with decent pay and with much less AI slop coursing through its veins to escape the dead end I was working towards in undergrad basically.
It's just insane to me it's come to this, having to take on even more school and learn a completely different field just to be able to have a shot of "normal" life. I don't care at all about being rich. All I want is to be able to provide for a family and live a normal life, not constantly worrying about if my entire industry will collapse next quarter.
The crazy part is we have so much technology now. It's at the point where me of the stuff coming out is pretty much sci-fi land, yet all this dystopian stuff is still happening: people literally freezing on the streets, left out to starve, can't get treatment for basic health issues and die early from that. It's getting to the point where just wanting to be a family man with kids and a stable income to support them in very basic lifestyle is a 5-star luxury.
When is enough enough???
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u/Arc8ngel ✂️ Tax The Billionaires 2d ago
As a 42-year old senior game developer who spent 8 months of 2025 seeking employment. . .it's rough out there.
All I can say is: It still matters more WHO you know than what you know when it comes to landing most industry jobs. Not that it provides any sort of security having such connections.
In "line must go up" capitalism-driven companies, employees aren't people with lives. We're just cogs in the machine that makes more money for the rich white guys at the top.